Design and device implementation of diode pumped solid state lasers, nonlinear frequency conversion, Q-switching, mode locking, and pulsed second harmonic generation.
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Principles of laser amplification and oscillations; design of lasers; general characteristics of excitation systems.
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Normal modes (dipole and Raman active); microscopic theory of absorption, dispersion, and refraction; wave propagation, crystal optics; scattering mechanisms; optical activity.
Prerequisites: PHY 4324, MAP 2302, PHY 4424
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Solid State Laser systems, materials, pump sources, rod and stab geometries, resonator concepts, limiting and performance definitions.
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Introduction to theory and experimental basis of both weakly and highly ionized plasmas. Instabilities, plasma waves, nonlinear effects, controlled thermonuclear fusion.
Prerequisites: PHY 4324 or C.I.
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An introduction to the science and applications of modern x-ray optics, x-ray lasers, etc., with a review of basic properties of x-rays.
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